God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
WATCHMAN NEESpiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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